oh the shark babe has such pretty teeth, dear and he shows them pearly white just a jack knife has ol’ macheath, babe and he keeps it out of sight

you know when that shark bites with his teeth, dear scarlet billows start to spread fancy gloves though wears ol’ macheath, babe so there’s never, never a trace of red

on the sidewalk, oh sunday morning don’t you know lies a body just oozing life and someone’s sneaking around the corner could that be our boy mack the knife?

from a tug boat down by the river don’t you know lays a cement bag just dropping on down that’s cement’s there, it’s there for the weight, dear i’ll get you ten ol’ macky is back in town

did you hear bout louie miller? he disappeared, babe after drawing out all his hard earned cash and know macheath spends, he spends just like a, like a sailor could it be, could it be, our boy did something rash?

[2x] jenny diver oh sukey tawdry look out miss polly peachum and oh lucy brown yeah the line forms on the right, dear now that macky is back in town